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Freak Pulse
Category: Visual Effects and CGI
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Virtual Production Trends and Guides, Das szenische Portal RT, and more.
Virtual Production Trends and Guides this week: Andreas Resch’s ‘Das szenische Portal RT’ is a prototype real-time hybrid stage system built in Unreal Engine; and MZed’s new ‘Virtual Production for Beginners’ course, taught by studio…
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AI Integration and Its Impact on VFX, AI Is Rewriting VFX Rulebook 2026, and more.
AI Integration and Its Impact on VFX this week: AI integration into VFX pipelines has moved from speculative to operational in 2026, with specific tools; and A 2026 industry review describes AI as a foundational layer across filmmaking…
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Software and Tool Updates for VFX, Scene Auditor Pro targets Blender bloat, and more.
Software and Tool Updates for VFX Artists this week: Scene Auditor Pro, a new Blender add-on priced at $15, targets the accumulation of technical debt in production; and Silhouette 2026 introduces a suite of updates targeting core VFX…
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VFX Tools, Studios, and Industry News, Cannes Film Festival Review, and more.
VFX Tools, Studios, and Industry News this week: Cannes 2026 served as a live audit of power shifts in film production and distribution, with AI-driven; and Tathastu Techno Solution, a regional training and services vendor, leveraged its…
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AI’s Impact on VFX and Filmmaking, AI Is Rewriting VFX Rulebook 2026, and more.
AI’s Impact on VFX and Filmmaking this week: AI integration into VFX pipelines has moved from speculative R&D to operational reality in 2026, fundamentally; and Virtual production studios are integrating AI-generated environments…
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Virtual Production and LED Volume, Das szenische Portal RT, and more.
Virtual Production and LED Volume Stages this week: Andreas Resch has developed ‘Das szenische Portal RT,’ a prototype real-time hybrid stage system built in Unreal; and MZed’s new course ‘Virtual Production for Beginners,’ taught by…
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AI Integration in VFX & Filmmaking, AI Is Rewriting VFX Rulebook 2026, and more.
AI Integration in VFX & Filmmaking this week: AI integration into VFX pipelines has moved from experimental to operational in 2026, with concrete tools now; and AI integration into virtual production pipelines is accelerating, with…
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Virtual Production & Real-Time VFX, Virtual Production Beginners MZed, and more.
Virtual Production & Real-Time VFX this week: MZed’s new course ‘Virtual Production for Beginners,’ taught by Biro Florin of Masterwork Films, explicitly rejects; and Virtual production via LED volumes has matured from a high-end novelty…
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New Software Tools & Updates, Scene Auditor Pro targets Blender bloat, and more.
New Software Tools & Updates this week: Scene Auditor Pro, a $15 Blender add-on, introduces systematic dependency visualization and cleanup targeting; and Blackmagic Design has released Fusion Studio 21.
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Roundup: VFX Tools & Talks, VES publishes on-set data guide, and more.
Industry Workflows, Guides, and Events this week: The Visual Effects Society has published the On-Set VFX Data Collection and Usage Guide, a standardized playbook for; and SIGGRAPH 2026’s initial Production Sessions lineup features…